Three volumes 4to. [I] Die Maltechnik des Altertums. Nach den quellen, funden, chemischen analysen und eigenen versuchen. xii, 314pp, coloured plates, text illustrations. [II] Quellen für Maltechniek während der Renaissance und deren Folgezeit. xlvi, 454pp [lacking preliminary pages, including title - starts at Introduction half-title] [III]: Quellen und Technik der Fresko-, Oel- und Tempera-Malerei des Mittelalters. Von der byzantinischen Zeit bis einschliesslich der "Erfindung der Oelmalerei" durch die Brüder van Eyck (1912). xiv, 298pp, illustrated. The three volumes uniformly bound in blue buckram with new endpapers, edges sprinkled, each bearing the signature of the British Museum conservator A.E. Werner. The first three leaves of the first volumes, the first and last leaves of the second, and the final leaf of the third have been restored (and note missing leaves from the second volume as mentioned above). The pages of the third volume somewhat browned in the margins, otherwise all are clean inside. The binder has transposed II and III on the spine titles. ***This is a heavy set of books, but no additional shipping will be requested regardless of destination.***